Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-28

tho chances are that Billy would have given
him Q decidedly painful lesson Ia peliteness.
Ssh ~ ou've Rot one days board, Granny, am
m sec to IT that you have tho same every
sey had taken his hurried departure
'sDon't feel the least bit bad, Daisy,'' he
added % he turned to the child. '.Tim
jerks amt any good, nohow, an tonight
I'll bring home four sour balls, sos you'll
have pretty near as nice time as il you'd
found your gran'father."
He was out OF the room before q reply
could be made; but Granny Brown had
time to call after him, In her shrill, cracked
voice: ass #s E sls
"Wash your face afore you come back,
Billy, sos the little girl can see what you
look Nke.' IL $,;;s Nash =, &*s.f2 i
20, cheese til Wot's the use Of putin,
on SO much stylet" was the not very re-.
spectful reply and question, and then
noise as ifa heavy package had fallen down
stairs told that tho young gentleman had
left the house. 800 ,
N 1t was but little past noon; the vicinity
OF the Grand Central was Master Jackson's
place of business, and 1t was important he
should be on hand to attend to any custom
ers who might present themselves, for he
realized that the heavy burden which he
had taken upon his shoulders could only be
lightened by unusually hard work.
He expected to find Jlnksey on the old
corner, but that young gentleman was no.
whore to be seen. After having had such
narrow escape from losing his money, he
had probably started out to begin his New
Years sport. preferring to indulge in it q
few hours too early rather than run the
risk Of missing 1t entirely.
''pll skin through with 1t somehow"
Billy muttered to himself as he began to
solicit trade, and in a few moments bust-
ness was so f1ourishing that, for the time
being, he almost forgot the child who was
probably "making herself handy" in Gran
ny Browns apart ments.
He had been thus engaged nearly an hour
before thert was any cessation in trade,
and then it was as if every man who passed
had just had his boots polished. No matter
how loudly he shouted, he could not find
another customer, and he was beginning to
think it would BIO better to spend the re-
mainder Of the afternoon visiting his busi-
ness acquaintances for the purpose of So
Letting loans in Daisy's behalf than to idle
his time away. when an old gentleman who
had just align ed from farm wagon driven
W t"O AOISeS aShcO u pOllCSluuus
"Where will tlnd the folks what come
in on the cars from Connecticut3"
'Iguess that would DO pretty hard work"
the officer replied, laughingly, "for no one
would be likely to stay around very long
here they'll probably be in the waiting
room OF the New Haven road"
The old gentleman looked about him FOR
some moments before he succeeded in as
certaining where this, particular room was
located; but after he got one glimpse of the
swinging sign he called to Billy:
''Say, sonny, jest look out for them horses
a mint, will you?"
If Master jackson had not met Daisy that
day he would probably have treated the old
gentleman to q choice collection Of slang,
among which tho term I" hay-seed" would
not have been lacking. AS it was, however,
he had been thinking very earnestly Of
farmers and their granddaughters during
the past two or three hours, and he caught
the stranger by the coat as if fearful of
losing him. while he asked eagerly:
''Be you lookin' for little girl named
Daisy Prattl''
'.Wa'al, s'posin' I amt" was cautious
question.
"Nothln', only there was one here, this
mornin' ownin' that name what had lost
her gran'father, an thought p'rhaps you
was him."
"Where is she now9" And the old gen.
tleman looked around suspiciously, as If he
feared that the boy was trying to play
some trick upon him.
down to Granny Browns. I carried her
there till we could get money to buy q
ticket back to her home, cause she didn't
know where her gran'fath lived"
''Show me where she is" the old gentle
man cried, excitedly, thrusting his hand
quickly into his pocket, but Withdrawing it
q few seconds later as he peered over his
glasses scrutinizingiy At tho rather disrep
utable-looking boy in front of him."
''Granny lives way down on Avenue A.
I'll go with you If you'll give me q chance
to ride"
Fifteen minutes later Daisy was in her
grandfather's arms, and while the old gen.
tleInan was lovingly caressing her yellow
curls she told him in detail Of her troub les
after she found herself on the street where
no familiar face was to be seen, as well as
OF The helping hand which Billy had ex-
tended.
I'D made up my mind to give you half q
dollar for takin' care Of my little Daisy"
Mr.. Pratt said to Billy, after the story was
concluded; ''but I've changed 1t now.
don't reckon you've got very much except
what you stand in, 80 1t won't take long to
make move. Now if you want to spend
New Years Day down on Cedar Farm,
where you can do any thing that comes
into your head, I'll give you new suit Of
cl'thes, an lug you right along with
DAISY"
Master Jackson was not the kind Of boy
who would refuse such q tempting offer,
for he was not at all troubled with bashful-
ness, and in less than an hour he was in
the numbering wagon, dressed In what he
called ''tne SWEETEST Of swell Styles" with
every thing new from his hat to his boots.
. Billy has not returned from Cedar Farm
yet, and he went there a year ago yester.
day. Mr.. Pratt offered to give him fair
wages, In addition to allowing hum to at
tend school certain portion Of tho timo
each year, and he accepted that proposition |
as quickly as he did the invitation. He
washes his face two or three times each
day now, has almost forgotten slang, and
is really a very well.behaved, gentlemanly'
looking lad.
AS Tor Jinksey, the whole purpose Of this
story has been 10 show that he made mis-
take. even though he had what he called a